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Research with me: John Frederick Corley (1875-1943)
Sometimes the answer to questions come by researching people connected to the main research objective or person. John Frederick Corley is the brother of Mary Catherine Corley and he provided the indirect evidence needed to connect Mary Catherine to their parents.
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Research with me: Mary Catherine Corley (1873-1928)
Mary Catherine Corley (1873-1928) was the daughter of Nancy Rebecca Harman and Martin Harrison Corley. Or was she? Mary Catherine Corley was connected to these parents in FamilySearch. Analyzing the attached records in FamilySearch should provide evidence of the relationship. If the records do not support the relationships, then connecting Mary Catherine to her parents…
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Research With Me: Nancy Rebecca Harman (1855) pt. 2
Not much information is known about Nancy Rebecca Harman, the daughter of Martha Langford and John Harman. In the previous article about Nancy, we determined Nancy was born about 1855 in Lexington County, South Carolina. She most likely married Martin Harrison Corley in about 1870. Nancy and Martin lived with some children in Edgefield County,…
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A source record linked to the wrong person – Joab Langford
FamilySearch Family Tree has a reputation for having a flawed tree. There are many examples of problems, from incorrect linked source records, linking people to the wrong parents, adding individuals without documentation to connect the tree to someone famous, etc.
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Evaluating Evidence For Family History Work
Sometimes before progress can be made in family history research, a review of what is currently known is needed. By evaluating evidence, you can make new discoveries and generate new questions. The research of Tyre Snelgrove and Nancy Langford has been challenging because of the time period and lack of records. By reviewing what has…
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Locality Research to Find Descendants
Locations in descendancy research can be really important. If a location appears frequently it indicates that location is important to a particular family. It can also help separate people with the same name. Locality research can help identify descendants of a family.
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How to add people to Family Tree
The FamilySearch Family Tree is a wiki-style tree. This means the tree is a shared tree among the users. Users can add, change, and in some cases delete person profiles as well as add and remove sources. The process of adding a new person, like Eva Snellgrove, to the tree is rather simple.
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Descendancy Research – Johnnie William Snellgrove
Johnnie William Snellgrove is the next person to look at in the Langford descendancy research project. He is the oldest child of Henry J. Snellgrove.
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Descendancy Research – Queen V. Wilcox
One of the children in the 1910 U.S. census was Queen V. Wilcox. She was clearly identified as a daughter of Henry J. Snellgrove, 20 years old, widow, a mother of one child, one child living. This child was not mentioned in any other records for Henry, so there were questions right away.
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Descendancy Research – Henry Jackson Snellgrove
Once an ancestor is identified, there are some simple steps to get started in descendancy research. Henry Jackson Snellgrove is where I am currently doing descendancy research.
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